[fre] Les prévisions quantitatives comportent deux parties : — des prévisions relatives à l'environnement international, établies sous la responsabilité du département des diagnostics, présentant notamment révolution attendue de nos principaux partenaires (USA, RFA, Royaume-Uni et...

[eng] The relative lack of success of expansionary policies over the past ten years and the extent of the public debt have led to a restrictive budgetary policy. By reducing public deficits and creating a better environment for the corporate sector, this policy aims at re-establishing business...

[eng] The evolution of the economic policies of the socialist government can be divided into three phases. The first, from May 1981 to the devaluation of June 1982, can be characterized as expansionist and aimed specifically at reducing unemployment. This expansionist policy was partially offset...

[eng] Women's attitude to salaried work has also altered as well since associated with broader social changes women have been able to enter the labour market on a larger scale and less often leave when marrying or having children. The female unemployed are, therefore, largely those who have...

[eng] An examination of forecasts made between June 1981 and July 1982 by international organizations (OECD, EEC) and major French forecasters shows that neither group had forecasted the rise of the $ US nor the severity of world recession. In 1982 the GNP of the OECD countries fell by 0.5 %...

[eng] That the reduction in the length of the working-week seems to be the preferred mean of combatting unemployment is symptomatic of an evolution which has lead European governments to an acceptance of a permanently lower level of economic activity, and to formulate policies most aptly...

[eng] Structural problems, worsened by the oil shocks, called during the 70's for adjustments that made some degree of recession necessary. But all through the decade, economic policies followed in industrialised countries enabled economic agents to avoid these necessities by increasingly...

[fre] Actuellement on ne peut plus utiliser un accroissement de la demande globale comme principal remède pour lutter contre le chômage ou sa contraction pour combattre l'inflation. L'intégration internationale des économies fait que toute politique isolée de relance risque de provoquer un...

[eng] For certain fundamental economic behaviour, comparing 1981 and 1982 economic evolutions with those of econometric equations tested on past comportments allows one to discern stability and discontinuity of behaviour. It also allows a better understanding of what is explained and what is...

[eng] Despite what is often said, it may be possible to quantify the transfers between the market and domestic (non-market) sectors of the economy by generalizing from the calculations made by individual consumers when they choose between them. Indeed manufacturers and retailers make such...